Xbox360 hardware PC equivalent

[xFuryofFivex]

In my class at school.... other students say that they saw something that said it would cost up to 3000$ to make a Rig that would be similar to that of an XBOX360

how much exactly would it cost maybe?

i told him that it would cost like 600 or so... but if anyone can enlighten me that would be great

 

[Dew]

Video card alone would close to $600 on the market place. Actual manufacturing cost is probably less than $100.

The fact is, you cannot build a system that even comes close to the 360 for $600.

MS is selling at near cost of manufacturing.

 

[xFuryofFivex]

what exactly are u using for a processor... and no i thought the X800XT was kind of the same GPU there using??? if so thats less than 300.... there only using 512mb ram...

 

[pj-schmidt]

I don't have time right now to make a hardware list, but I'd guess $1500 -$2000.

It would be hard to be exact, the different processors architectures make it only approximate match at best.

Also depends if you want to match GFLOPs or just the ability to play games in HiDef.

It would cost a lot more to match the GFLOPs.

 

[Dew]

what exactly are u using for a processor... and no i thought the X800XT was kind of the same GPU there using??? if so thats less than 300.... there only using 512mb ram...

Nah, the video card they are using is a bit better than a X1900XTX.

Besides, they use a Tri-Core PPC @ 3ish GHz, basically a tri-core G5 with in-order execution. Shit for general computing, great for games.

 

[xFuryofFivex]

i read on this forum somewhere that the tri-core is only really like 3 1.6ghz... i dont remember where
isnt the GPU core only 500mhz... dont ati cards already have that

 

[TechLarry]

Look at my sig. Didn't cost anywhere near $3000 and I guarantee it's MUCH faster than an XBOX 360

And I can do spreadsheets and word documents

-Larry

 

[Maximos]

Look at my sig. Didn't cost anywhere near $3000 and I guarantee it's MUCH faster than an XBOX 360

And I can do spreadsheets and word documents

-Larry

Don't forget browsing the web

 

[Mayhs]

Look at my sig. Didn't cost anywhere near $3000 and I guarantee it's MUCH faster than an XBOX 360

And I can do spreadsheets and word documents

-Larry

how much did it cost?

 

[Mayhs]

i read on this forum somewhere that the tri-core is only really like 3 1.6ghz... i dont remember where
isnt the GPU core only 500mhz... dont ati cards already have that

speed doesnt necessarily indicate performance...

 

[l0cke]

what exactly are u using for a processor... and no i thought the X800XT was kind of the same GPU there using??? if so thats less than 300.... there only using 512mb ram...

Both the vide ocard and cpu share the ram though. SO a 256 video card and 256 mem for the cpu.